Features
Don’s Devotees: Some Words from His Admirers …
A compilations of praise and memorable stories for award winning re-recording mixer Donald O. Mitchell. […]
Re-recording Mixers
Features
Wylie Stateman, Andy Koyama and Beau Borders Lay the Soundtrack to ‘Lone Survivor’
“There were several gun battles and a serious rocky fall that contained no traditionally scored music. The absence of music allowed our sound effects and Foley to take the soundtrack’s exclusive and full dynamic range.” – Wylie Stateman […]
Features
What Does A Wormhole Sound Like?
It’s not surprising that director Christopher Nolan drove the sound to a greater extent than ever before on his first space adventure, Interstellar, opening November 7 through Paramount Pictures. That’s because it was pivotal that the organic nature of the aesthetic worked for soundscape and imagery alike.
Features
Andy Nelson: 2014 CAS Career Achievement Award
Re-recording mixer Andy Nelson, CAS, brings to his craft several decades of experience in the art of balancing dialogue, music and sound effects in an immersive soundtrack that supports the director’s storytelling vision […]
Web Exclusives
The Post-Production Challenge of Bringing ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ to the Screen
War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of 20th Century Fox’s latest reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise, opened July 14, almost three years to the day after Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the second in the series. […]
Columns
Rick Alexander on ‘Ronin’
In 1998, when re-recording mixers Rick Alexander and Richard D. Rogers first met with director John Frankenheimer about working on “Ronin,” there were many subjects that could have been discussed. […]
Web Exclusives
Return of the Replicants:
Post Tech Informs ‘Blade Runner 2049’
As one of the most anticipated sequels, with one of the longest waits ever for it to come to fruition, ‘Blade Runner 2049’ pays tribute to Ridley Scott’s iconic sci-fi offering from 1982. […]
Columns
Blame It on the Beatles
The Launch of an All-Around Sound Career
When I was born and raised in the west San Fernando Valley in the late 1950s; television was black-and-white, radio was mono and AM radio channel KHJ with “The Real Don Steele” was the coolest thing. […]
Features
Let There Be Sound: The Origins of Post-Production Audio on the West Coast
To relate the history of film post- production sound during the past 75 years is to tell the story of the creative post facilities that made such developments possible through a combination of tenacity and technical developments. […]
Features
The Evolution of the Film Mixing Console
Consoles have evolved dramatically over the last two and a half decades. […]
